[alwillis]

Not just Perplexity but Anthropic as well, which would my preference.

[dawnofdusk]

Is Apple supposed to be one of the kind and benevolent megacorporations?

[tempest_]

No public company can be "benevolent"

Apple still makes 10s of billions a year letting Google be the default search, they have a vested interest in maintaining that revenue.

Plus whatever "values" they have will go right out the window if the golden iphone shaped Goose ever stumbles.

[alwillis]

Plus Apple and Anthropic appear to be collaborating [1].

[1]: "Apple Partners With Anthropic for Claude-Powered AI Coding Platform" -- https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/02/apple-anthropic-ai-codi...

[criddell]

I would assume basic functionality would be included but advanced functionality would require a subscription to Apple One (or whatever it's called now).

So I wouldn't describe them as kind and benevolent, more that they want to make products people will pay for.

[alwillis]

To the degree that it matters, I believe Apple and Anthropic values are more in alignment than say, Apple and OpenAI.

[whywhywhywhy]

If you like Anthropic's models shouldn't Apple buying them be something you don't want to happen?

Is Apple gonna want to be in the coding model in a dropdown in Cursor business? Not too sure they're interested in that.

[alwillis]

Would I prefer Anthropic to stay independent and go on to be a real alternative to Google, Microsoft and xAI? Certainly.

While I don't believe Apple wants to be in all of Anthropic's current businesses, the crown jewels are the models and employees, which is want they want.

[layer8]

We do not need any more big-tech concentration than we already have, rather less.